The U.S. presidential election has finally made it to Pakistan, where a top leader issued a blistering statement Monday accusing GOP front-runner Donald Trump of being “ignorant” for demanding the release of a doctor who helped the CIA hunt down Osama bin Laden in 2011.

In a statement, Pakistani Interior Minister Chaudry Nisar Ali Khan said “the government of Pakistan and not Mr. Donald Trump” will decide the fate of Shakeel Afridi, who has been held in a Pakistani prison for five years after he worked with the CIA to pinpoint bin Laden’s hideout.

Khan was referring to comments Trump made Friday on Fox News. In that interview, Trump said if elected president he would use the weight of the presidency to force Pakistan to free Afridi, who remains held on vague charges.

"I think I would get him out in two minutes," Trump said. "I would tell them, 'let him out,' and I'm sure they would let him out."

Khan responded that Afridi is a “Pakistani citizen, and nobody” including a President Trump “has the right to dictate to us about his future.”

“Pakistan is not a colony of the United States of America,” Khan said. “He should learn to treat sovereign nations with respect.”

Despite considerable tension following the U.S. military raid that killed bin Laden, relations between Pakistan and U.S. leaders have generally been on the upswing. It’s also rare for Pakistan’s government to wade into American politics, but it’s clear that Trump has touched a nerve in Islamabad.

Khan’s statement was unusually pointed, even suggesting that the United States has not given Pakistan enough foreign aid for its role in fighting terrorism. Since 2001, the Pentagon has reimbursed the Pakistani military $13 billion for its counterterrorism efforts. When he was in the Senate, Secretary of State John F. Kerry also helped appropriate several billion dollars in humanitarian aid.

But Khan said the “peanuts" that the United States has given Pakistan "should not be used to threaten or browbeat” the country “into following Mr. Trump’s misguided vision of foreign policy.”

“Pakistan is a country which has suffered much, and the cost it had to pay in supporting the U.S. over the years has been mind-boggling,” Khan said. “Mr. Trump’s statement only serves to show not only his insensitivity, but also his ignorance about Pakistan.”

In many ways, Khan’s statement appeared to be a preemptive strike against one of the central tenets of Trump’s apparent foreign policy. On the campaign trail, Trump has been rallying his supporters by warning he will use the threat of reduced foreign aid or American investment to force policy changes or, in the case of Mexico, build a border wall.

Such a stance could hit Pakistan particularly hard considering past diplomatic tussles between Washington and Islamabad over issues ranging from Afridi’s case to questions about whether Pakistan is a friend or foe in the war in neighboring Afghanistan. In his interview on Fox, Trump also said he would keep U.S. troops in Afghanistan so they could keep close watch on Pakistan's nuclear weapons.

Khan’s statement also comes as frustration is building within the Pakistani military over objections in Congress to the sale of eight new F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan.

More than anything, Khan’s tough words toward Trump apparently reflect a widely held view in Pakistan that U.S. voters are highly unlikely to make Donald Trump the next U.S. commander in chief.

Pakistan has condemned US Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump’s remark that he would ensure Pakistani physician Shakil Afridi, who has helped the US kill Osama bin Laden, is freed from jail within two minutes.

Dr. Afridi, who is known in Pakistan as a CIA doctor and has been described as a hero in the US, is serving a 33-year-long imprisonment for treason.

Mr. Trump on Monday in an interview with Fox news said: “I think I would get him out in two minutes. I would tell them (Pakistan) let him out and I’m sure they would let him out.”

Pakistani Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Monday said Dr. Afridi’s fate will be decided by Islamabad and not by Mr. Trump even if he becomes the US president.

“Shakil Afridi is a Pakistani citizen and nobody else has the right to dictate us about his future,” Mr. Khan said.

Mr. Khan said it was not only about Dr. Afridi but Mr. Trump’s perception and comments about Pakistan were highly misplaced and unwarranted.

“Contrary to Trump’s misconception, Pakistan is not a colony of the US. He should learn to treat sovereign countries with respect. Trump seems to be ignorant, historically, of the huge sacrifices Pakistan have made in standing with or supporting US policies over the years.”

Mr. Trump also said he plans to leverage US aid “because we give a lot of aid to Pakistan. We give a lot of money to Pakistan.”

Mr. Khan said the “peanuts” that the U.S. gave to Pakistan in return should not be used to threaten or browbeat the country into following Mr. Trump’s misguided vision of foreign policy.

Mr. Khan said the cost Pakistan had to pay in supporting US over the years was mind-boggling.

Mr. Trump’s statement shows not only his insensitivity but also his ignorance about Pakistan, he said.

More importantly, here's why CIA, Mossad and probably MI6 would allow Indians to use their names to serve the interest of Indians. It is because America has a stake in India's economy. Remember Westerners have one weakness. They always want someone to work for them like donkeys. You must know too well. You have American superiors.

RAW is likely to ensure that US economy is coupled to that of India's in such a way that Americans have a stake in India's military security.

USA's counter-intelligence has come up with a plan to neutralize RAW's plan. It is to couple USA's economy with that of China's instead of India's so that USA has no stake in India's security.

Chinese billionaire Jack Ma says the US wasted trillions on warfare instead of investing in infrastructure

Jay Yarow | @jyarow
Wednesday, 18 Jan 2017 | 2:07 PM ET

Alibaba founder Jack Ma fired a shot at the United States in an interview at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

Ma was asked by CNBC's Andrew Ross Sorkin about the U.S. economy in relation to China, since President-elect Donald Trump has been talking about imposing new tariffs on Chinese imports.

Ma says blaming China for any economic issues in the U.S. is misguided. If America is looking to blame anyone, Ma said, it should blame itself.

"It's not that other countries steal jobs from you guys," Ma said. "It's your strategy. Distribute the money and things in a proper way."

He said the U.S. has wasted over $14 trillion in fighting wars over the past 30 years rather than investing in infrastructure at home.

To be sure, Ma is not the only critic of the costly U.S. policies of waging war against terrorism and other enemies outside the homeland. Still, Ma said this was the reason America's economic growth had weakened, not China's supposed theft of jobs.

In fact, Ma called outsourcing a "wonderful" and "perfect" strategy.

"The American multinational companies made millions and millions of dollars from globalization," Ma said. "The past 30 years, IBM, Cisco, Microsoft, they've made tens of millions — the profits they've made are much more than the four Chinese banks put together. ... But where did the money go?"

He said the U.S. is not distributing, or investing, its money properly, and that's why many people in the country feel wracked with economic anxiety. He said too much money flows to Wall Street and Silicon Valley. Instead, the country should be helping the Midwest, and Americans "not good in schooling," too.

"You're supposed to spend money on your own people," Ma said. "Not everybody can pass Harvard, like me." In a previous interview, Ma said he had been rejected by Harvard 10 times.

Along those lines, Ma stressed that globalization is a good thing, but it, too, "should be inclusive," with the spoils not just going to the wealthy few.

"The world needs new leadership, but the new leadership is about working together," Ma said. "As a business person, I want the world to share the prosperity together."

"The American multinational companies made millions and millions of dollars from globalization," Ma said. "The past 30 years, IBM, Cisco, Microsoft, they've made tens of millions — the profits they've made are much more than the four Chinese banks put together. ... But where did the money go?"

He said the U.S. is not distributing, or investing, its money properly, and that's why many people in the country feel wracked with economic anxiety. He said too much money flows to Wall Street and Silicon Valley. Instead, the country should be helping the Midwest, and Americans "not good in schooling," too.

"You're supposed to spend money on your own people," Ma said. "Not everybody can pass Harvard, like me." In a previous interview, Ma said he had been rejected by Harvard 10 times.

Sounds like trump innaugration speech

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More importantly, here's why CIA, Mossad and probably MI6 would allow Indians to use their names to serve the interest of Indians. It is because America has a stake in India's economy. Remember Westerners have one weakness. They always want someone to work for them like donkeys. You must know too well. You have American superiors.

RAW is likely to ensure that US economy is coupled to that of India's in such a way that Americans have a stake in India's military security.

USA's counter-intelligence has come up with a plan to neutralize RAW's plan. It is to couple USA's economy with that of China's instead of India's so that USA has no stake in India's security.

Alibaba's Jack Ma Isn't The Only China Billionaire That Says U.S. Has Wasted Its Wealth

Russell Flannery , FORBES STAFF
JAN 22, 2017 @ 08:17 AM

Jack Ma, the billionaire chairman of China e-commerce leader Alibaba Group, made waves in Davos this week when he criticized the U.S. for spending $14.2 trillion in the past 30 years on 13 overseas wars instead of putting part of those funds into America’s own infrastructure.

It turns out Ma isn’t the only prominent Chinese billionaire who believes that. Zong Qinghou, the chairman of beverage maker Wahaha and formerly China’s richest man, said in an interview with Forbes China on Saturday that he agrees with Ma’s argument.

Zong went on to say countries that once had the money to pay for military cooperation with the U.S. are today finding it harder to come up with resources. The U.S., as one of the world’s largest countries, should work to maintain economic development and global peace, he added.

Zong’s remarks were tame compared with Ma’s on U.S. war spending. “You’re supposed to spend money on your own people, right?” asked Ma. “We should spend money on those people who are not good at schooling,” said Alibaba’s chairman, wading into a hot-button topic.

The U.S., he continued, hasn’t distributed the profits earned from globalization “in a proper way.” Ma was also critical of the role of Wall Street in bringing about the world financial crisis in 2008.

USA's counter-intelligence has come up with a plan to neutralize RAW's plan. It is to couple USA's economy with that of China's instead of India's so that USA has no stake in India's security.

Why this strategy will fail?

China faces 'timebomb' of ageing population

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Life expectancy in China is increasing but the number of young adults is plummeting due to strict birth control policies

While hundreds of millions of Chinese families toasted the new year together, 84-year-old He Daxing huddled on the doorstep of his daughter's home in Chongqing.

On the most important date in the calendar, not one of his six grown children – born before the country's one-child policy was imposed – would take him in.

Filial piety is so embedded here that officials offered to help him sue his offspring when he fell ill after four nights outside: Chinese law requires adults to support their parents. Yet his case shows that traditional ideals are under growing pressure in a fast-changing, increasingly individualistic society.

China may soon have more He Daxings. It faces a soaring number of old people and a shrinking number of young adults, who are also less able – and sometimes less willing – to support their elders.

Life expectancy has soared in China, while fertility has plummeted due to strict birth control policies. In 2009 there were 167 million over-60s, about an eighth of the population. By 2050 there will be 480 million, while the number of young people will have fallen. "It's a timebomb," warned Wang Feng of the Brookings-Tsinghua Centre for Public Policy in Beijing.

China's economic miracle has been fuelled by its "demographic dividend": an unusually high proportion of working age citizens. That population bulge is becoming a problem as it ages. In 2000 there were six workers for every over-60. By 2030, there will be barely two.

Other countries are also ageing and have far lower birth rates. But China is the first to face the issue before it has developed – and the shift is two to three times as fast.

"China is unique: she is getting older before she has got rich," said Wang Dewen, of the World Bank's China social protection team.

Tens of millions of workers have migrated to the cities, creating an even worse imbalance in rural areas which already suffer low incomes, poor public services and minimal social security.

Most old people there rely on their own labour and their children. China not only needs to support more older people for longer, but to extend support to new parts of society. World Bank researchers point to promising advances, such as the national rural pension scheme and the expansion of health insurance.

China can help deal with increased costs by raising its retirement age; at present, only about a fifth of urban women are still working at 55. Improving education should also raise productivity. Some experts believe such measures will be enough to wipe out the "demographic debt". Others wonder if China will begin to welcome immigrants.

Wang Feng thinks China has been far too timid, storing up trouble for the future. "Leaders have ridden the economic boom and largely collected and spent money and built infrastructure – the hardware: railroads, bridges," he said.

"[In future] they will not have the money to spend, but what is more challenging is the part policymakers have stayed away from: building software – the pensions and healthcare system. That will be critical to social stability and regime legitimacy, but it is much harder to do."

The current five-year plan is the first to address ageing. But Wang said leaders had yet to accept it also meant tackling fertility. Under the "one child policy" – which has several exemptions – the fertility rate has dropped to between 1.5 and 1.8, say experts. That is well below the 2.1 figure required to keep the population stable.

Many experts have urged the government to move to a uniform two-child policy. Instead, it has extended what was meant to be a one-generation measure.

China's 150 million only children face a heavier burden of duties, but economic changes such as migration make them harder to fulfil.

In many ways, China is a good place to age. Older people tend to be active, involved and respected community members. Family bonds remain strong.

"Having undutiful children or being an undutiful child is something really shameful in Chinese culture," said Dr Fengshu Liu of Oslo University, who has researched intergenerational relationships.

Society has moved away from the "top-down, authoritarian" family model, but still expects children to meet their parents' physical and emotional needs and often to support them financially.

Several of the young people she interviewed saw filial piety as a basic requirement in a spouse.

Officials have been keen to promote such ideals – some have even pushed for laws ordering children to visit regularly – and not just for economic reasons, Liu argued. They see it as helping to preserve stability and social co-operation.

In a more individualistic society relationships face new challenges. Children and their spouses can find their parents' demands excessive or intrusive.

practicalities may intervene. Children may work far from their parents, like one of He's sons, or simply lack time to help.

"I have one daughter and there's no way she will be able to take care of me. I will be in a care home when I get older," predicted Liu Zhongli.

Her pragmatism is unusual, but then Liu is director of Evergreen, a state-owned old people's home in north Beijing. She says that children still love their parents – her facility is inundated with visitors each weekend – but that the pressures of modern life are often overwhelming. "Even if your parents live with you, every day you leave early and come back from work late – so you still leave them at home alone. That's not support and that's not filial," she said.

Increased life expectancy can also mean children need care themselves, like the 88-year-old son of the home's oldest resident, who has just turned 109.

For many, there is still a stigma in moving into a care home. But 86-year-old Zhang Jiazhen tried living with her daughters in the US and said she is happier in Evergreen. "I'm an independent person … I really don't like China's old-fashioned view that you raise sons and daughters to support you when you're old," she said. "I can mix with a bigger family here."

The facilities are modern and comfortable and the atmosphere companionable. Retirees sing together or battle it out at billiard and mahjong tables.

But even if you can afford Evergreen's fees of up to 5,100 yuan (£510) each month, it has just 600 beds, and a waiting list of 1,300. According to the World Bank, China has only enough care home places for 1.6% of over-60s, while in developed countries the capacity is about 8%.

Many of those homes are grim and there is a desperate shortage of good staff: most are unskilled or have little training.

Evergreen is a testing ground for potential solutions. A team from Beijing Aeronautics and Astronautics University are trialling a bed that turns into a wheelchair, giving residents more independence, and a robot "dog" to keep them company. "The robot can have simple chats with them, play music and opera, or even dance for them through sound controls. It says 'It feels so good!' when they pet it," said researcher Zhang Guanxin.

But while such innovations may smooth the later years of wealthier urban citizens, the poor will need help from China's leaders to meet basic needs. Even then, argues Wang Feng, families will face extra strain.

"People who could have had a second child [were it not for the one child policy] have missed the opportunity and when they grow older it is not clear how the government can come to the rescue. In fact, I think it's clear that the government cannot substitute for families," he said.

Don't delete/close this thread. Let there be discussion on this topic.

India has the capability to win hands down in a conventional war with Pakistan. But what is holding it back? Answer is nukes. In the situation when Pakistan’s existence itself is under threat, Pakistan is likely to use nuclear weapons.

The formidable intelligence agency, RAW came up with an innovative solution to this nuke problem. An allegorical/metaphorical video is useful in driving home this concept.

The strategy is to deflect the ire of Pakistanis towards nations like USA, Israel and UK. A false perception is being created that India is merely a tool in the hands of Whites and the offensive decisions of Indian military actions are actually taken behind the scenes by the above mentioned nations of colonial mindset. In such scenario, Pakistan is less likely to nuke India. A rumour is being spread that Indians are serving the interests of firangis by sacrificing themselves. A lie is being told that even if India attacks Pakistan, the real culprit is West and not Indians. The plan is to feign innocence. Pretend to be an ignorant puppet which is remote controlled by unseen hands of CIA and Mossad. Pakistan won't fight USA and Israel. So put the blame on them.

The idea is working because many Pakistanis are buying Indian propaganda.

There are many reasons why USA will indirectly and unwittingly shield India from Pakistan. In the world's opinion, India is a pawn in USA's great game of cold war with China. During Soviet times, Pakistan was CIA's pawn against USSR. Now according to outside world, India is playing that role in China's context.

More importantly, here's why CIA, Mossad and probably MI6 would allow Indians to use their names to serve the interest of Indians. It is because America has a stake in India's economy. Remember Westerners have one weakness. They always want someone to work for them like donkeys. You must know too well. You have American superiors.

RAW is likely to ensure that US economy is coupled to that of India's in such a way that Americans have a stake in India's military security.

A fake surgical strike was orchestrated to create an impression that Indians are cowards and won't attack Pakistan unless encouraged by the goras.

Now in this allegorical/metaphorical video, the bald shopkeeper symbolizes India. The two fair-skinned cyclists symbolize the USA and Israel. The robbers symbolize Pakistan (No offence just symbolism from Indian viewpoint). The prominently apparent rope symbolizes the nuke. The literal use of rope is tying. Here rope is used to symbolize the thing that has tied up the hands of Indian policy makers, the nuclear weapons. On seeing the rope, the Indian goes into dormant mode. But then come along the two saviors. They sit in the driver's seat and drive away the van. They save the day for the Indians. That means USA and Israel take care of India's headache of nuclear retaliatory strike by Pakistan and thus clear the way for India's interests of invading Pakistan by conventional means. In this video, USA and Israel do favour to India by clearing obstacles for India!!

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The following statement is often attributed to the famous scientist Charles Darwin: It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to change.

More importantly, here's why CIA, Mossad and probably MI6 would allow Indians to use their names to serve the interest of Indians. It is because America has a stake in India's economy. Remember Westerners have one weakness. They always want someone to work for them like donkeys. You must know too well. You have American superiors.

RAW is likely to ensure that US economy is coupled to that of India's in such a way that Americans have a stake in India's military security.

USA's counter-intelligence has come up with a plan to neutralize RAW's plan. It is to couple USA's economy with that of China's instead of India's so that USA has no stake in India's security.

Earlier CIA contemplated similar strategy with Pakistan as the partner and forming Pak-West alliance against India.

London has its first Muslim mayor - but who is he?

David Reid | @cnbcdavy
Monday, 9 May 2016 | 3:04 AM ET
CNBC.com

It's the rags-to-riches story of a poor boy done well. Sadiq Khan is the son of a London bus driver and a seamstress. He grew up on a government funded housing estate in a poorer area of the city and attended a local state school.

But what is behind the rise of the new mayor and what will he do as chief politician of one of the world's most powerful cities?

Early Career

Prior to becoming an MP, Khan was a Human Rights lawyer who acted in actions against the police, employment and discrimination law, judicial reviews as well as inquests and crime.

During this time, Khan also represented the Tooting area as a Labour party Councilor for the London Borough of Wandsworth from 1994 to 2006.

In the May 2005 general election he moved to the national stage after winning the vote to become the Member of Parliament for Tooting.

In doing so, he became the first MP of Islamic faith to win election in London.

Member of Parliament

Serving under the Tony Blair cabinet, Sadiq Khan signed an open letter critical of his party's counter terrorism and foreign policy.

In 2008, The Sunday Times claimed that a conversation between Khan and a man later convicted of terrorism was recorded by police.

He also hit the headlines around this time for criticizing the Pope, following remarks from a Catholic bishop in relation to the Holocaust.

Under Gordon Brown's premiership in 2008, Khan was promoted to Minister of State for Communities and then Minister of State for Transport.

After regaining his Tooting seat in 2010, and with his party now in opposition, Khan then set about running the successful campaign to appoint Ed Miliband as the next leader of the Labour party.

Last year, he won his Tooting seat for a third straight term and offered lukewarm support to Jeremy Corbyn, the new left wing leader of the U.K. opposition.

Policies & views

The 45-year-old is viewed as politically to the right of the current Labour leadership and has been described by one journalist as a center-left social democrat.

On winning the Labour party nomination to run for London Mayor, he centered his campaign on the following policies:

Tackling London's housing shortage
Putting a freeze on transport fares
A promise to work with business on skills and growth
Making London a 'Living Wage City'
Returning London's air quality to safe levels

Personal life

Married a solicitor in 1994. The couple has two daughters.

Khan claims to be a keen follower of sport, supporting Liverpool FC in soccer and Surrey County Cricket Club. He is also a governor of two local primary schools.

Earlier CIA contemplated similar strategy with Pakistan as the partner and forming Pak-West alliance against India.

The idea may be effective because they are implementing it after all.

Coca Cola plans $200m investment in Pakistan

By Our Correspondent
Published: January 25, 2017

ISLAMABAD:

Coca Cola Beverages Pakistan Limited Group Director Public Affairs Atilla Yerlikaya, while visiting the Board of Investment (BoI), expressed interest in investing $200 million in the country in a bid to expand the company’s production.

Yerlikaya informed BoI team about the company’s future investment plans to establish two new plants in Faisalabad and Islamabad. Coca Cola intended to set up its units at the Special Economic Zones (SEZs), he said.

“The company has already invested $500 million during this year on upgrading existing plants in the country,” said Yerlikaya.

He sought BoI’s support for rationalisation of the tax regime in Pakistan and curbing infringement as some groups were violating industrial property rights and the practice was not only defaming original brands but was also reducing the country’s revenue.

BoI Chairman Miftah Ismail told Coca Cola delegation that Pakistan had one of the most liberal foreign investment regimes in South Asia.

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"You don't have enough faith," Jesus told them. "I tell you the truth, if you had faith even as small as a mustard seed, you could say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it would move. Nothing would be impossible."

This game is like a one day cricket match. A result is guaranteed unlike in a test match. Either Pakistan nukes India or India establishes sovereignty over POK. The only question is when the game will end and the result is known.

This game is like a one day cricket match. A result is guaranteed unlike in a test match. Either Pakistan nukes India or India establishes sovereignty over POK. The only question is when the game will end and the result is known.

Despite the guarantee of a result, the proceedings are so slow that it is boring like a test match.

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"You don't have enough faith," Jesus told them. "I tell you the truth, if you had faith even as small as a mustard seed, you could say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it would move. Nothing would be impossible."